What is the best set menu in London?
The best set menu in London depends on the occasion: the cheapest two courses in town, a Michelin star at lunch prices, a pre-theatre menu timed to the curtain, or a long Sunday set lunch. This guide covers the standout choice in each category, drawn from the 207 restaurants listed on All Set, where every menu is verified against the restaurant's own published menu rather than aggregator listings. Prices on this page were last checked on 9 August 2026, and this guide is re-verified every month.
For the full picture, browse every London set menu A to Z or the set menus under £30 shortlist.
What is the cheapest set menu in London?
The cheapest set menu on All Set is Andromeda in Camden Town: two courses for £13.50 at lunch, seven days a week. Close behind are BAO, where £15 buys three courses on weekday lunchtimes, and Brasserie Zédel in Soho, the grand art deco basement brasserie whose famous prix fixe starts at £16.95 for two courses, served at lunch and dinner every day of the week. For the full budget list, browse set menus under £20.
What is the best Michelin-starred set menu in London?
The best-value Michelin-starred set menu in London is at Trishna in Marylebone: a one-star kitchen with a set menu from £25, at lunch and pre-theatre. Other stars worth booking on a set menu are Luca in Clerkenwell (from £34 at lunch, seven days), The Ninth in Fitzrovia (from £39, lunch and early dinner) and La Trompette in Chiswick, where £45 buys a starred lunch midweek. See the full Michelin set menu list, or read our guide to the cheapest Michelin set menus in London.
What is the best set lunch in London?
Two set lunches stand out at opposite ends of the price scale. In Shoreditch, Manteca's weekday lunch is two courses for £24 or three for £28 from a Bib Gourmand kitchen. South of the river, Chez Bruce in Wandsworth serves one of the most respected set lunches in the capital, from £40.50, Tuesday to Friday. Between the two sit more than a hundred options: browse every London lunch set menu with prices and hours.
What is the best pre-theatre set menu in London?
For the West End, Manzi's in Soho runs a seafood set menu from £16 across lunch and pre-theatre, one of the lowest prices within walking distance of Shaftesbury Avenue. In Covent Garden, Boulevard Brasserie serves a set menu from £21.95 every day of the week, timed for the curtain. The full pre-theatre list shows the exact seating window at every restaurant, and our West End pre-theatre guide covers dining near each theatre.
What is the best Sunday set lunch in London?
The pick of the Sunday set lunches is Salut! in Islington, a modern European dining room running a Sunday set lunch from £32. Sunday is the quietest day for set menus in London, which makes the restaurants that do run one particularly good value. Browse the full Sunday set lunch list.
Can you get a set menu at dinner in London?
Yes, though evening set menus are rarer than lunch. Brasserie Zédel's prix fixe runs into the evening daily, and at the top end sketch: The Gallery in Mayfair serves a £45 three-course set dinner Sunday to Friday in one of London's most photographed dining rooms. The dinner set menu list has every evening option with days and hours.
How much does a set menu cost in London?
London set menus on All Set run from £13.50 to around £75, with most falling between £20 and £35 for two or three courses. Michelin-starred set menus start at £25. As a rule a set menu costs 30 to 60% less than ordering the same number of courses à la carte at the same restaurant, because restaurants use set menus to fill quieter shifts. New to the format? Start with what a set menu is and how it works.
How were these set menus chosen?
Every restaurant on this page is listed on All Set, where each set menu is verified against the restaurant's own published menu, never against third-party aggregators, and prices are re-checked on a rolling basis. The picks favour value for money, days and hours of availability, and kitchens with a track record. All Set links to each restaurant's own booking system and takes no commission, so listings are chosen on merit. This guide is updated monthly as prices and menus change.